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Temple Israel hosts bone marrow screening
for child with leukemia.

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bone marrow screening
in conjunction with the
Gift of Life Marrow Registry on
behalf of Amy's Army during the
synagogue's Youth Federation
Purim Carnival on Sunday,
March 20. Amy's Army is a group
of people rallying around 12-
year-old Amy Katz. The
Pittsburgh youngster has chronic
myelogenous leukemia — rare in
kids her age.
Amy is responding to a new
form of oral chemotherapy,
Gleevec, which she takes as part
of a study. The drug is so new it
is hard to anticipate long-term
results. But the drug is not a cure,
says Amy's mom, Lisa. "A bone
marrow transplant, therefore, is
Amy's best chance for recovery."
Over the past 18 months,
Amy's Army bone marrow drives
have brought in 5,000 new
Amy Katz
potential donors. Two patients
found a match and went to trans-
at any time.
plant. Eight million people are regis-
"We have learned over this past year
tered worldwide to be potential bone
and a half that half of our battle is get-
marrow donors.
ting the message out there, raising
"Our search continues and we are
awareness and educating potential
hoping to get more donors on the reg-
donors," Lisa says.
istry to help Amy or many others just
"By increasing the donor pool," she
like her who are also searching for a
adds, "not only are we increasing Amy's
donor match," Lisa says.
odds of finding her match, but also we
Currently, 30,000 people are look-
are building reserves for other Jewish
ing for a match for a life-threatening
families afflicted with blood diseases
blood disease. Only 30 percent will
and searching for donors, both now
find matches within their families; the
and in the future."
rest must rely on strangers from the
The mitzvah of helping the less for-
database. It has been shown that eth-
tunate is one of the best byproducts of
nicity can play a big part in matching
Amy's Army. Says Lisa: "Often, the
bone marrow. Jews of Eastern
people working these drives are
European ancestry like Amy are severe-
strangers to us, but they wanted to
ly underrepresented in bone marrow
help." 0
registries. The Holocaust severed many
bloodlines, making it harder to find a
match for someone like Amy.
The Youth Federation of Temple
Potential donors through the Gift of
Israel Purim Carnival runs noon-
Life Bone Marrow Foundation, a pri-
3 p.m. Sunday, March 20.
vate Jewish bone marrow registry, must
Information about Amy Katz
be 18-61 years old and in relatively
and the donor process is avail-
good health. They agree to a cheek
able at Amy's Army Web site,
swab to become part of the registry
or the Gift
www.amysarmy.org
and put on a worldwide list that's
of
Life
Web
site
checked every time someone is inneed
www.giftoflife.org.
of a bone marrow transplant. You can
voluntarily request to come off the list

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